ANTONIO: Diablos MC (2 page)

              “Oh I am calling prospect Bambi.  I was just happily informed that it is his nickname from his family.  Since he was a kid.”  Toni says.

              “Oh that is perfect.” Tank turns around to the men standing behind him.  I read on his vest that his name is Tank and I guess he is the president of this little group since right below him name it says President.  “Who here thinks that should be prospect’s new nick name in the MC from here on out.” The group yells all at once “Yay.” Tank turns with a huge smile on his face and says “Well Bambi that is what you will be called from now on. What do you say to that?”

              “Well if I had an actual choice I would say fuck no but since I know I don’t have much of a choice in this” He growls through his teeth while looking at Monica.  “It sounds fucking fantastic.”  That draws some laughter from the group of men.

Tank turns back to Prospect.  “So Bambi please introduce me to these two gorgeous ladies since you seem to know them.”

              Rolling his eyes, he points towards Monice and says “Tank this is Monica.  She is my annoying as hell cousin.” He points towards me.  “And I have never met this one before today so I don’t know her name.” 

              All eyes turn towards me I assume waiting for me to introduce myself so quietly I do. “My name is Haylee and I am Monica’s roommate.”

              Walking towards Monica, Tank grabs her hand all gentleman like and brings it up to his lips and softly places a kiss on the top of her hand. “It is with great pleasure to meet you Monica.  Bambi never said he had a beautiful cousin such as yourself.  Truly the pleasure is all mine.”  Slowly letting go of her hand he turns towards me and when he goes to grab my hand Toni steps to the side a little.  Putting himself directly in front of me.  Ultimately blocking Tank from being able to touch me. I don’t know why he does it but I welcome it.  I don’t know what it is but Tank creeps me out a little.  He seems nice and charming but there is just something about him that makes me want to run the opposite direction. Probably the fact that he is a huge scary looking biker like the rest.  But I guess being the leader is a little intimidating as well.  Tank noticing the protective step in front of me looks up at Toni and smiles. Holding his hands up in defense he says “Got it Toni. She is off limits.”  Leaning around him he says “It is very nice to meet you Haylee.”

              I nod my head to acknowledge his greeting. Stepping back away from me still smiling at Toni he says “Alright men let’s leave these ladies to their business and get on our way.  Toni and Bambi why don’t you two stay behind and make sure these lovely ladies of ours have an enjoyable shopping trip without any other problems or injuries.”  Tank says pointing to my arm. Bambi growls his disapproval but shakes his head yes while Toni gives a curt nod and the rest of the men turn and get on their bikes.  Once all the gang but two are gone Toni turns and looks at us. 

              “Would you two ladies like some help inside?” He says looking right at me.

              I grab Monica’s arm and say “Oh no.  That won’t be necessary.  Honestly we just have a few items we need to grab and then we will be on our way.”

              “As you wish.”  Toni says as he leads us to the front of the store and opens the door for us.  Once we are inside he turns and guards the door as if his life depends on keeping us safe.  I don’t know why but in that moment I honestly feel safer than I have ever felt in my life.

CHAPTER 2

HAYLEE

             
“Holy shit Haylee.  Can you believe that just happened?”  Monica says while laughing once we are safely inside the store.

              I ignore he statement.  I am still pissed at her. “Hey thanks for the heads up by the way. That he was your cousin.  That was so mean of you.  And embarrassing as hell.”   I say grabbing the cart and start pushing along the aisle away from her.

              She runs to catch up to me. “I am sorry Haylee.  Sometimes you get stuck in your head and judge people by their looks.  Honestly Jose is nothing to be scared of.  But I don’t know, I guess I kind of wanted to show you that you don’t always have to be scared of people because of their race, color, or looks.”

              “I wasn’t judging him because of his race.  I judged him because he looks scary as hell and clearly belongs to a gang.  And that alone scares the shit out of me.”  I say while pushing along.

              “Are you scared of Toni?”  She asks knowing damn well I am attracted to him.  She saw my face turn red when he whispered in my ear.

              “No.”  I whisper.  “Although I feel like I should be.  But not because he looks scary.  But because he is huge and could break me in half.”  We both bust out laughing. 

              “Yeah but I bet he is great in bed.  Might be worth trying out even if it means being broke in half.”  She says with a wink.

              I lightly push her “Oh whatever.  Don’t act so innocent.  Tank looked like he could have laid you down on the pavement and fucked your brains out right in front of everyone.”

              “Oh trust me.  I would let him in a heartbeat.” She says with a quiet moan.

              We spend the next 20 minutes gathering our products and talking about the different men we saw today.  And how each of them had their own interesting things about them.  But we both agreed the only ones either of us would fuck are Toni and Tank.

              The second I make my observation out loud I want to put my foot in my mouth and crawl under a rock.  “Well I can guarantee you Monica, I don’t want anything to do with Tank.  The only one who got me all worked up was Toni.  Seriously my thong was soaked the entire time he was standing near me.” 

              Out of nowhere I feel his breath on my neck and he whispers “Do I make you soaking wet right now baby.” I jump to the side and scream.  When I turn around I am right in front of Toni.  He heard everything I said.  Could today get any more embarrassing.  I need to get home and start today over again. He just stands there smiling at me.  He knows he gets me worked up and if he wanted to have me he could probably have me where ever he wanted me.

              I ignore his comment and turn around from him to look at Monica who is just standing there smiling at the two of us. “Monica are you done.  I would really like to get going and maybe start this day all over again. How embarrassing.”  I whisper that last part. The young lady working the register just stairs wide eyed at the entire interaction going on in front of her.  I wonder if she is wide eyed because Toni is standing here being sexy as hell or is she wide eyed because she is scared.  I really hope it is her being scared because for some reason thinking about her finding Toni hot pisses me off.  But he is not mine and I don’t know shit about this guy so I just push those feelings aside.  I need to get Monica out of this store as quick as possible.  When the cashier reaches to give me the bags Toni pushes his body right up against mine and says “I will take those for you lovely ladies.”  When he pushes against me I can feel his hard member pushing into my back.  I try to ignore how great it feels against me but my bitch of a body instantly pushes back against him.  Creating a friction that ignites a growl from deep inside Toni.  His growl sends shiver down my body showing my want for him.  Ignoring my own reaction, I push back against him hard enough for him to step back and I scoot around him.  I have to get away from him before I do something I will regret in this store.  Monica links her arm with mine and we make our way out to the car.  Once we get out there with Toni behind carrying our bags Jose grumbles “It took you long enough.  Damn Monica what did you do buy the entire store.”  He bitches as he helps Toni put the bags in the back of Monica’s Honda Civic.

              “I didn’t buy the entire store.  Just half of it.”  Monica says sticking her tongue out at him. 

              Jose chuckles.  You can see Jose loves his cousin deeply.  But like any other relative she can piss him off quickly.  When all the groceries are loaded into the trunk of the car Toni grabs my hand and pulls me flush to his body.  “I want to see you again.” 

              As much as I want to I can’t get mixed up with him.  Or someone like him. “Sorry I can’t.”

              “Yes she can.”  Monica yells while getting into her car.

              “No really I can’t.  Sorry.” I pull away from him.

              I go to walk to the car door and Toni grabs my arm to stop me.  “And why can’t you see me again.”  He asks.  Clearly not happy with me blowing him off.

              Yanking my arm out of his grip I say “Sorry. I will be washing my hair.”  And I slip into Monica’s car.  When I get in and lock the door I hear Jose laugh so loud it vibrates throughout the car.  Looking in the mirror I see Toni punch Jose in the face again and yell for him to get on his bike.   Yeah he is pissed off at me blowing him off.  And I did do it in a bad way but I can’t.  I just can’t get involved with someone in his life style. When we are back on the high way set for our apartment I can finally relax a little. That is at least until Monica decides I need to hear her two cents on the situation.

              “Why the hell did you blow him off so bad?  He is fucking hot and obviously was into you.”  She says sounding annoyed.

              I sigh loudly.  I was really hoping she would have my back and just let it be my choice and leave it alone.  But clearly that isn’t going to happen.  “Monica what would come of that.  I am not the type of girl who only gets with a guy to have sex.  I am a relationship kind of girl.” 

              “And?  I still don’t see the problem.  You don’t know anything about him. Hell for all you know he could be a relationship type of guy and that man could be your future husband and father of your kids.”

              I laugh at her statement “And he also could not want relationships at all and I am just the next pussy for him to sink into and then dump to the curb.”

              Monica laughs.  “Ok good point.  But please if you see him again just have an opened mind.  You never know.  He could be the man of your dreams.” 

              Rolling my eyes “Fine.  If I ever see him again I will play nice.  Hell maybe I will even fuck him just for fun.” Yeah I try to be sarcastic but I should have known.  It never works for me.

              Monica gets a huge smile on her face and says “Great.  Well you better get your vagina ready because we have been invited to a party tonight at the clubhouse and I already told them we would go.”

              “WHAT!!” I yell.  “You little bitch.  Why would you do that.” And where the hell was I when she was asked.  I don’t remember any of this in any of the conversations either of us had.

              “Because honestly I want to see Tank again and he wants to see me.  He wrote Jose and told him to make sure I come tonight.  And I am not dumb.  I am not going to go there alone.  And since you’re my best friend you have to go with me.  Plus, I think Toni really would be happy to see you.  You know damn well you have the hots for that man.  So get over yourself.  We leave at 8 and you better look hot.  Since you know Toni will be there.”

              Signing I say “Fine.” I say in defeat.  “I will go to support you.”  She is right.  I can’t let her go alone.  We have always had the buddy system for situations like this.  Yeah it might sound childish but hey a girl has to have someone watch her back sometimes. “So you like Tank?”

              She just shrugs.  “He is hot.  I mean I am not looking to get married or anything like you.”  She says pointing her finger at me. “But I think he could be a fun distraction for the time being.”

              I shake my head in agreement.  She is so focused on her schooling she isn’t looking for anything serious.  Monica is totally the opposite of me.  I don’t mind having the occasional hook up to scratch an itch if it has been awhile and I mean a long while but I would rather be committed with someone.  I would rather know when my day is over I have someone to go home to.  But not Monica.  She says there is plenty of time in life for all that lovey dovey bullshit.  Right now is all about having fun and learning what you want and don’t want in a man. Which I can agree with her somewhat.  But I just don’t have an interest in hooking up to just get laid without anything in return.  Which is why I have avoided most guys at school and focused on getting my degree. But now I will be face to face again with the one man who turned me on just by the way he looks at me.  I don’t know what it is about Toni but I do feel a pull to him.  I just don’t want to give in to him instantly.  If he wants me as bad as Monica thinks he does.  Well then I am going to make him work for it.  And make him want it worse than anyone ever before.